Sarawak Communist Insurgency

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armed conflict communist insurgency guerrilla war

The Sarawak Communist Insurgency was a protracted guerrilla conflict in Malaysian Borneo waged mainly by communist and leftist groups against the Malaysian government during the Cold War era.

Aliases (1)

Second Malayan Emergency ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict → communist insurgency → guerrilla war →
conflictType	low-intensity conflict →
context	decolonisation of Southeast Asia → post–World War II anti-colonial movements →
country	Malaysia →
endTime	1990 →
goal	establish a communist state in Sarawak → oppose Malaysian federal rule in Sarawak →
hasCasualties	yes →
hasCombatant	North Kalimantan People’s Army → Sarawak People’s Guerrilla Force →
hasParticipant	Malaysian Armed Forces → Malaysian government → Malaysian security forces → North Kalimantan Communist Party → Royal Malaysia Police → Sarawak Communist Organisation → communist guerrillas → leftist groups →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism → communism →
locatedIn	Malaysia → Malaysian Borneo → Sarawak → Southeast Asia →
opposedBy	Commonwealth forces → United Kingdom →
opposingForce	Malaysian government → communist insurgents →
partOf	Cold War →
region	Borneo →
relatedTo	Communist insurgency in Thailand → Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation → Malayan Communist Insurgency →
result	Malaysian government victory → peace agreement → surrender of most communist guerrillas →
significantEvent	1969–1970 escalation of guerrilla activities → 1973 peace talks → 1990 formal end of insurgency →
startTime	1962 →
supportedBy	People’s Republic of China →
timePeriod	20th century →
usedTactics	ambushes → guerrilla warfare → jungle warfare → sabotage →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Malayan Emergency → Malayan Emergency ("Second Malayan Emergency") →	successorConflict
Malayan Communist Party ("Second Malayan Emergency") →	conflict